An instant classic when it was first published a decade ago and now enriched by seventeen new speeches, Lend
Me Your Ears contains more than two hundred outstanding moments of oratory. This third edition is selected, arranged,
and introduced by William Safire, who honed his skills as a presidential speechwriter. He is considered by many
to be America's most influential political columnist and most elegant explicator of our language. Covering speeches
from Demosthenes to George W. Bush, this latest edition includes the words of Cromwell to the "Rump Parliament,"
Orson Welles eulogizing Darryl F. Zanuck, General George Patton exhorting his troops before D-Day, and Ruth Bader
Ginsburg speaking on Bush v. Gore. A new section incorporates speeches that were never delivered: what Kennedy
was scheduled to say in Dallas; what Safire wrote for Nixon if the first moon landing met with disaster; and what
Clinton originally planned to say after his grand jury testimony but swapped for a much fiercer speech.